the tornado and where the most serious damage occurred. >> this tornado lifted a metal roof from a building at this materials company yard and dumped it on to the street. sue owns the business. >> it just picked up the roof into this building and tore it into the ground. >> so this is, basically, the seem yenlt wrapping around beams? >> yes. joke broke it loose. these were brand new. >> she says that winds came without warning. >> trees were just blowing. >> heather and her daughter live one block away. >> all of a sudden this is just like a loud, rumbling wind and this is loudest rain

i ever heard. >> and there is portions of another roof lodged into a tree. and this twitter split a small tree in the yard of another home. and nelco got workers to repair the damaged garage door. smart move. he's got a lot invested in here. >> i've got some vehicles and treasures. >> and there is this 1963 rolls royce that is one of them. he lived in santa rosa 40 year autos this is the first time i've seen a building come apart like the way it did here. >> and this gate defined the force of the tornado and what kinld of damage the winds can do. >> this brought it over to that side. >> unbelievable. >> that is quite a bit of

force. >> this is that gate we're talking about. you can see how it bent this gate in half. 86 to 110 miles per hour winds forcing this fence, open at that time, almost against the fence here, what incredible ferocity a tornado has. >> absolutely. thank you very much. portions were put under a tornado warning for about half an hour this morning. there was no warning for a water spout developed off ocean beach this, is video and there is schools locked down when the warning was issued for the area. 55 students were evacuated. >> there is where we wanted to

make sure there was students evacuate into this main areas of the school. >> there was an alert to 500 followers on twitter. and 2000 people lost electricity in sunnyvale today. and there are lights back on now. >> and there is runnoff expected from the next storm this, weekend. >> let's go to sandhya patel and she's watching the rain. >> check out the video one more time. this is from our viewer, you can see how draw matic this video was of the water spout that formed over ocean beach. you wonder why this is not detected on our radar. let me explain to you. our radar beam is 3500 feet.

we're a good 50 miles from that radar site. and bit time that reaches up, the beam is near 10,000 feet. this storm did not get captured here and it was difficult to see because it's so high, the beam, it overshot the storm. take a look at live doppler 7 hd. you can see it's raining and moderates in pockets, more scattered in nature, this is snowing and you can see steady rain and it's going to be heavy. this storm is moving out there. is a powerful storm poised to move in and expected to bring up to a half foot of rain in some mountains. i'll be back a look at the detilz storm causing big problems in the sierra. there is a deadly pile up that

closed interstate 80 today this, is about 12 miles from the scene of the accident. and there is traffic flowing and also moving on highway 267, at north star. and our photographer and reporter had to hike more than a mile in this snow to reecht scene of the deadly pile up z we'll bring you those pictures shortly. >> it was a close call for an at and t worker. a tree limb smashed the side of his van. the driver just seconds from that heavy limb falling on top of his van, potentially crushing him f you came across a weather-related event this weekend, take pictures for us, you can upload your individual yes to you report or e mail your photo autos uc berk sli watching atmosphere and rain today but for different

reasons, engineers looking for sign of radiation coming from the damaged nuclear reactors. abc 7 is here with the latest on to this story. >> there is no detectable counts wh. analyzing what is in that water, the levels may be slightly higher, but there, again, they don't expect to see anything alarming. this rain catches part cells into the atmosphere, collected in buckets. plastic ones making work of nuclear engineers easier. >> the rain to be -- the activity from atmosphere is washed out. most of the efforts of the activity into the atmosphere just -- just flies by. and hitting our filter. >> and there is a collection proven uneventful.

>> this means there is nothinging to worry about. >> researchers want to prove this will never turn into another chernyobl this, is a general electric rod. just like the ones into japanese reactor ootz -- fuel pellets are placed down inside these. there are about 6,000 of these. >> and there is 6,000 in the core. last thing anyone wants is to have clouding catch on fire. >> worse to have it on fire. because into fires smoke becomes a way to spread materials inside. >> this is hotter than it would get in the reactor core. the test proved rods would not catch on fire. the japanese reactors have another layer of protection, pools of water acting as moderateors, unlike chernyobl, which had graphite. >> it can burn and this burns

violent. if you have a desire, this is much better than steam does. >> and this collects air samples eight hours at a time, then analyzes part cells. there is now a web site showing what they find day after day. just reading quickly 316 no detectable counts of 317 to get that information visit our web site. abc 7 news.com. >> thank you. >> and there is harbor following the surge there a week ago. this hunt is on for debris that could damage boats once it does reopen. >> patrick from department of fish and game gave us a diver's view of the jant cruz

harbor, spotting one of only two boats that need to be hauled off the harbor floor. a sail boat. >> did verify that there. is no motor attached so that is at least not a hazard. >> divers have high tech help that could be a navigation hazard. these are side scan sonar images coming from equipment mounted on a boat which did a survey of the harbor. >> this is able to see 75 meters so we're transitting ahead and surveying we can almost see bank to bank the way up. >> to this trained eye there is a picture of known, and unknown objects. >> they think it could be the stern or pieces off of this boat that sunk. >> before bad weather called off operations, there is divers able to investigate. >> this had gotten dunked in

the water. >> one week ago this tsunami surged into the harbor, doing an estimated $25 million in damage to this harbor infrastructure, upon reflection boat owners feel fortunate. >> i can say when you look at the stuff about japan, we got a lot to feel thankful about. >> there is a possibility the storm could have remaining clean up, but for now, it's set to open on monday. >> and there is a deadly pile up closing both sides of interstate 80 tonight. >> there is 30 cars involved. >> and there is good news is that there one lane open, it's now closed again. and there is another pile up,

not a pile up, but another round of traffic just waiting there. if you can take a look, is that highs didn't take. and and they said and as you can see that is far from cleaned up. then, it's a classic example of a chain reaction. there ais a overturned truck that lost control, closing both lanes. from there, the rest was just collision after collision. drivers untibl see through near-blizzard conditions and just slamming into each other. one man was killed, outside of his car when another car lost dronl then hit him. that is the only fatality. and there is a hydrogen tanker,

they assume they're going to have this cleaned up for go, three hours and there is a biggest problem is snow. it keeps coming down and there is about to to three hours, hopefully will be cleaned up. best news is that traffic going eastbound is clear. >> that is just incredible, thank you very much. >> still to come, pg&e's response to the san bruno pipeline disaster. why they haven't come down harder and what could happen at your house if they do. >> there is a a multi cultural relief effort for the earthquake. >> and a way to keep gangs out of town from one committee. we'll reveal their secret. >> and a new show now playing in a local theater that is

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> police are clearing the scene after s.w.a.t. team searched a neighborhood for a gunman. people saw a man firing what appeared to be a machine gun at passers by around 75th avenue this afternoon. officer dz find a large number of shell casings at the scene and appeared to come from two different types of powerful guns. there are no reports of anyone being shot. >> in its most-vocal criticism,

the public utilities commission is slamming pg&e over documents that detail the network of underground gas lines. but there are gaps and the utility could face tough consequences as a result. >> public utilities commission executive director says no one expects after 60 years and more, every single piece of information is there. but 8% of the documents are missing and he asks how they can claim lines safely if they don't know what is underground. pg&e president says he's not satisfied with record search results. the cpuc isn't fats ti -- satisfied either. >> bizarrely, pg&e filed on the deadline. and there is no primary document autos after the explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes, pg&e discovered records about

that line did not match what was really underground. the cpuc ordered the utility to verify lines at safe pressures. pg&e will likely have a chance to explain the hearing but could still face fines of $1 million per day. >> pg&e senior leadership needs to wake up every day nervous about what they know and don't know. >> missing records raise get whether line pressure should be he reduced. >> we're looking closely at the filing to decide whether we need to issue orders today. >> they say lowering pressure can create hazards of its own. >> it's not enough to supply customers and looking at curtailment or worse. a pilot light to start going out.

there is serious consequence autos since the rupture, new regulations are now in the works. and victims hope it will do some good. >> to take advantage of the opportunity to get legislation in place forcing pg&e to do what they need to do in terms of maint nebs and inspection autos pg&e insists safety is the number one concern. and says much of the missing paper work is forcing segments of longer lines. and there is a followed by another 450 miles next year. >> and back to weather and there is a serious storm coming in. >> another big one, sandhya? >> absolutely. we'll be talking about rain for the santa cruz mountains and lower elevations up to

four inches of rain is expected sunday. and there is what it looks like. nice to catch a glimpse of the sun. there is not going last. take a look at live doppler 7. you'll see what's happening right now on live doppler 7 hd. there are some lightning strikes here, watch out for thunderstorms. we do have some rain right now. it's spotty in nature around the north bay wex are seeing steadier rain along the front into the east bay and south bay. now, in the sierra nevada it's switching over to snow there is a is a 80 shut down due that accident. and in a.decisional foot and a half is expected in next 24 hours, scattered showers, thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow.

snow levels 2500 feet. and there is some snow around 2600 feet z also, mount hamilton. powerful storms hitting sunday. and this looks like it's going to create some major problems here. there is waves northwest up to 17 feet. watch out for strong rip currents. the surf being kicked bip our current storm, that is moving through as you can see here on this satellite and radar. the steadiest rain moving out of here, we have cold, unstable air. watch out for showers and thunderstorms through tomorrow. behind it is this storm that is going to kick up the winds. stronger winds and today's system brought wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. sunday high wind watch going into affect. gusts expected to be on the order of 60 miles per hour. there is now the ground wet,

so that is going to create problems, snow, mixed in at 8:00 tonight. scattered showers continuing throughout night into tomorrow. you can see it just keeps going. and there is 11:00 a.m. still snow around st. helena and then, stormy period begins saturday night into early hours of sunday morning. we're talking about heavy rain here at 3:00 a.m. a cold front approaches there are stormy conditions developing. wide spread area of the bay area behind this front. it starts to wind down. the until the wind is gone. rainfall totals up to six inches and there is north bay mountains up to five inches. you can see here up to three and there is scattered showers once again, temperatures into 50s and 40s into the north and around the bay. wet weather for you. numbers into 50s.

here is the accu-weather forecast. showers, thunder saturday. spring begins sunday and it's going to be a stormy set up. thunderstorms continue through monday at least. and there is a break on the seven-day forecast is tuesday, more rain wednesday, thursday, and friday. so. >> thank you. >> coming up next here on abc 7 news a pair of local hero autos what

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the coast guard honored a pair of heroes ed -- today. they were given the silver life saving medal this morning, off duty in august, 2009 they heard a 14-year-old chris williams cry for help as he was being swept down the american river. they swam to reach the boy then pulled him to safety and administered cpr until he started breathing again it isn't... fate. it wasn't luck. it was a choice. these two men after my son that. choice that they made so instinctive sli what makes them heroes. i will be thanking them every day for the rest of my life. >> wow what. a heart felt

thank you. >> the medal is one of the oldest honors presented by u.s. military, only a handful of given each year. >> and headlines 19 u.s. banks passed a government stress test that. means they're healthy enough to weather another recession and can boost stockholders dividends. wells fargo more than doubled and announced a00 million shared stock buy back. cisco systems declared a first dividend ever, six cents per share. and was sitting on $40 billion in cash. the dividend amounts to a small fraction of that. starbucks today announced a 12% increase for coffee you buy in stores and supermarkets. the cost of the beans hit record level autos still, coming up at 6:30, president obama issues an ultimatum to libya's muammar gaddafi, cease-fire, or face a military assault. >> a moment of silence in japan tonight.

bringing you up to speed on efforts to cool nuclear reactors there. >> michael finney reports on where you can get taxes do

fweerngs president obama says choice is now muammar gaddafi's, stop attacking his people in labora or face an international military response. mr. obama issued that ultimatum, warning about gaddafi does not enforce an immediate cease fire the u.s. would enforce newly approved un sanctions including a no-fly zone. >> we have every reason to believe gaddafi would commit atrocities against his people. many thousands could die. a humanitarian crisis would ensue. the region could be destabilizing endangering many allies and partner ootz

president says new action would not include ground forces, and yesterday, the united nations security council voted to authorize action to prevent the killing of civilians by libyan forces. gaddafi ordered a cease fire but rebels say attacks continue. >> now to japan. it's been a week since the massive magnitude 9 earthquake hit follow bid the deadly tsunami. millions reflected with a moment of silence. so far the disaster claimed 6900 lives, exceeding the death toll of the 1995 quake in kobe. crews drp dropped water working on a power line in an effort to get cooling systems up and running again z japan airports are packed with people waiting to get out.

and they say it's been limited to the plant itself. >> and stock prices rose for a second day today. the japanese government stepped in to stabilize the committee. >> u.s. levels not matching levels given after haiti disaster and indonesia. a spokeswoman believes it's partly because they feel japan is better able to care for itself. and mark matthews continues with that story. >> there are a number of efforts there. is a telethon tonight and local mosques are collecting money and a third-year law

student at hastings is getting high level help in his efforts to speed up delivery of donations there is a message of solidarity, asking muslims to donate to the relief. >> because japanese community has been a great support with the muslim community against islammaphobia n response to their support for us we're raising our support for them. >> at the american red cross, support for japan has not matched levels seen for haitian relief. there are $2 million made on cell phones. and there is a lot of family and friends that are in japan. he wanted to help. >> i texted the number the american red cross had and there is a code that said donate. >> the law student made a donation and then went further,

researched how money is getting to japan. >> this turns out there is a 30-90 day delay because the cell phone bill needs to get paid first. >> but that is not what happened in haiti. that he agreed to front money right away. >> there is a ongoing relationship with mobile companies and they are on a regular day-to-day case, they do wait until the individuals pay their phone bills. >> a spokeswoman says an exception was made for haiti because there were many donations. >> that to me is ridiculous. there is urgency. >> deciding to start an online petition, tens of thousands signed it, caught attention of senator boxer who today called on the companies to expedite donations to japan as a direct result of the petition.

>> this is one of the situations where the victims need the money now and there is a delay that doesn't help. >> ctya did not return my request and senator boxer says it hasn't heard anything but her spokesman assured me telephone companies have received a message. you can find a link to the petition by going to our web site. >> thank you. mark. >> if you'd like to contribute there is a list of organizations there as well, just look under see it on tv. >> a lot more to bring you here tonight. how to stop gangs from infiltrating your city? coming up next, revealing secret that seems to be working in one community

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>> the approach seems to be working when you consider the number of documented gang members in the city. >> i have one validated gang member in dublin right now that i'm aware of. i've checked with the gang guy ootz larger neighbor to the east does have a share of gang members. >> there are numbers as high as 300 gang members in the high school that. is ridiculous. >> estimating the numbers are into dozens not hundreds still last weekend a gang dispute led to gang fire downtown, injuring two teenager autos you can't deny there is some gang activity here in the city. it's something we take seriously. it's a high priority for use in livermore the antigang effort is focused on keeping young people away from them in the first place. >> and we've all seen thinking smg that is a bit different, ending up saying only in san francisco. >> there is a new play that

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rainfall totals leading up to sunday, through sunday night up to six inches into jant cruz mountains. and there is your accu-weather forecast. showers, thunder throughout the weekend. and this is not going feel like it. short break tuesday before more wet weather. >> rough week is head. >> absolutely, san francisco is a show that just opened in a theater theater. a trip through san francisco on a cable car and don sanchez gives us a look. >> this embarcadero sculpture, skpart home of sunshine. sunshine, homeless 40 years meets five people on a ride that will change her life. >> this is a cable car. >> they're all played by san francisco actress and singer.

>> it's really a challenging show for any actress. it really is amazing to be able to put this over. >> this is coming from a shopping cart. >> everything i need is right there. the kindness of stranger autos she grabbed a cap and items and becomes one of the characters. >> and i wanted to explain san francisco to the rest of the world. >> and exploring a theme of the sti we're all related and united. there is looking to drive everybody in san francisco together. >> and draw them into the theater this, is ruby sky. and here in the native building there are small theaters, that is where this show is being performed. and ann and her husband work to build the space, adding a stage that seats 49 people.

>> this is great. there are no bad seats. everybody gets a real close experience. >> and there is not something that will make them rich. >> i just have to do it. very to do theater. >> this is just something have you to do to survive. >> it plays thursdays through sunday autos and dance groups made the lunch hour a memorable one in san francisco and around the world. dance anywhere took center stage at noon inside of the ferry building. and they danced in the streets, and on bridges. >> this is bringing dance to the public. and in a nonconventional situation, other than a theater for instance. and this is just to celebrate

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hope you can join me tonight at 9:00, coming up a proposal from one lawmaker to cut california's deficit, his idea for the state's overcrowded system. >> and then at 11:00 there is experts weighing in on whether japan can avert disaster. and now to sports. on po basketball. >> and larry beil is here with use this is the time of the year. and you're going get a lot of it. george mason university made headlines in 2006. the patriots, they're back.

after stunning villanova in their opener today. the coach had an 11 seed five z.less than a minute to go. and george mason by two. free throws putting nova up by one. luke stepped back, jumper. and there is a gathered troops up by two. nova inbound with a chance to time. cory stokes hits the side of the back board. down to morrison. good night. game over z drive home safely. 61-57, george mason takes down nova and will advance to play ohio state. buck eyes shot 57% coasting. and 75-46. arz -- arizona wildcats pushed to the limit today by an athletic squad. and hill handing a passing lane and would finish with authority. there is less than four minutes left.

there is a derek williams that, guy is a pro. there is joe jackson, yes. so down by two, there is miss on purpose. they get the rebound. williams rejects wesley witherspoon. arizona survives. and remember the name keith benson. nba spin. oakland out of michigan trying to hang with texas. and there is oakland within five, less than a minute to go. reggie halt mill ton, watch this ball. rounded out and texas holds on and will get arizona next. and also and there is michigan

destroying tennessee. southwest region, florida state taking care of texas a&m. chris singleton, six 10 jumper from the wing. bj holmes, learning to live with rejection. and there is 57-50, and notre dame tested by akron but they advance z dodgers got a look at the minor league player of the year today. this video presented with our special strobe lighting affect. jeff supone continues to struggle allowed 10 runs in eight innings, and there is four no-hit innings for dodgers and a's have been destroyed by the white sox and

what happened? it was bad. the earthquakes open a new season tomorrow night hosting salt lake, making playoffs last year, hoping to build on that. they held and only to find classic british weather, here. >> came back from england to play and it's raining and cold. it's almost better sometimes to play out, you know, you can run for every one. so this is not a bad thing. >> he can run forever. >> they don't find. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> thanks for joining us. >> have a great evening. see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.

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